K. Winn Allen, P.C.
Overview
Winn Allen is a litigation partner in Kirkland & Ellis LLP’s Washington, D.C., office. He has extensive experience litigating complex commercial cases in a broad array of subject areas, including antitrust, products liability, class-action defense, defamation, consumer fraud and contractual disputes. Winn has handled numerous, high-profile litigation matters for clients such as Meta, UnitedHealth Group, Carrier, Fox Corporation, Caterpillar, Accenture, Honeywell and Wyndham Hotels.
Winn has received broad recognition for the quality of his advocacy. The American Lawyer has recognized Winn as “Litigator of the Week” on four separate occasions for significant victories on behalf of UnitedHealth, Honeywell, Meta and the State of Georgia. In 2020, The National Law Journal recognized Winn as a D.C. Rising Star. The National Law Journal has named him a “Litigation Trailblazer,” Benchmark Litigation has repeatedly recognized him for his commercial litigation work, and in 2019, the Supreme Court of the United States appointed Winn to brief and argue a case before the Court.
Before joining Kirkland, Winn served as a law clerk to Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr. of the Supreme Court of the United States and Judge Jeffrey S. Sutton of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.